Push Grows for Vaccine Needs in Oregon Hospitals – Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon 2021-07-20 17:17:38 –
OHAHHS wants hospitals to be treated like any other employer
Also there: Wayne Havellery
Posted: Posted on Jul 20, 2021 / 2:17 pm PDTUpdated: July 20, 2021 / 2:25 p.m. PDT
File – In this file photo dated March 19, 2021, a nurse fills a syringe with the COVID-19 vaccine (AP Photo / Orlin Wagner, file).
Portland, Oregon (KOIN) – The Oregon Hospital Health Systems Association seeks to promote legislation that requires state lawmakers to vaccinate hospital staff.
Since 1989, Oregon law has prohibited medical facilities from requiring their employees to be vaccinated.
Dave Northfield of OHAHHS said he believes the requirements can be implemented in Oregon without changing the law.
“Hospitals suggest that individual hospitals have the privilege of requiring staff to be vaccinated,” he said on Tuesday. “We want individual hospitals to have choices like any other Oregon employer.”
PeaceHealth Southwest is addressing the emergence of COVID
In response to the group’s plans, the Oregon Department of Health responded, “Vaccination is a personal choice, and state and public health officials are working with health care providers to vaccinate as many Oregonians as possible, including medical workers. I do and for everyone. “
“We continue to review all options,” said OHA.
At the adjacent Peace Health Medical Center in Vancouver, Washington, around 75% of the staff are vaccinated. 4 workers Infected from a recent hospital outbreak 14 According to PeaceHealth, only one of them was vaccinated.
There is no state law in Washington prohibiting hospitals from developing vaccination regulations for staff, but no hospital has such an obligation.
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